Wow! Such a good movie.

hyped garbage

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

I like this movie. I've seen it 5 times now since its DVD release and just continue to enjoy it's light-hearted, fun-filled approach. This movie never takes itself too seriously and delivers repeated laughs, due to great performances from Stiller, Vaughn and Hill. I especially like Vaughn in this one, because he plays more of a nice-guy and not the usually brash, in-your-face character we usually see. The plot is fun - the night guard at Stiller's Costco is brutally murdered while on duty one night and Stiller, who is heavily involved in community projects/groups, decides to organize a neighborhood watch. Only 3 misfit souls join the group, but he presses on nonetheless. During their duties on this watch, they begin to think something VERY strange is taking place in their hood and go about proving so, all the while making us, as the audience, laugh in the process.Fun movie and highly recommend for some honest laughs.

An unwatchable comedy, "The Watch" stars Ben Stiller as a store manager who puts together a neighbourhood watch group. This group, populated by eccentric individuals, stumbles upon various extraterrestrial creatures, whom they proceed to comically destroy.Lazily written, clichéd and unfunny, "The Watch" once again finds Stiller wasting himself in a straight-man role. Like most modern films of its ilk, "The Watch" also mistakes "neo-realistic" acting peppered with random vulgarity as "irreverence". Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill co-star, the latter stealing the show as an emotionally unstable police force reject.3/10 - Worth no viewings.

This would just be a fairly inoffensive, dumb film except for Jonah Hill's character. Considering all the things that have been happening lately, to have a character who is a wannabe cop with strange aggressive sexual behaviors and a large arsenal is just not that funny. I hope they weren't thinking about this when they wrote the character, but there are too many parallels with George Zimmermann. Can't hold a job, can't qualify as a cop, fascinated with guns, still lives under parental protection, joins a neighborhood watch. Too many loser white boys have been thinking they can redeem themselves by shooting someone for their community. This movie should just be innocuous junk food for munching late at night when you want something you will not regret falling asleep during. You shouldn't have to think about it enough to want to write a review.

The Watch is a science fiction comedy. Ben Stiller is an active member of his local Ohio small town community and a senior manager of the Costco store. When the store's security guard is killed and the police show little interest in investigating the death he forms the neighbourhood watch. However, he only manages to recruit Vince Vaughn, a construction worker, Jonah Hill, who dreams of being a police officer and Richard Ayoade who is new in town.The watch use the group as an excuse to drink and have fun much to Stiller's annoyance. While driving on patrol, they discover a strange metallic orb that acts as a destructive weapon and think it might be of alien origin. They uncover an alien plot threatening the world.The film probably aimed to be the new Ghostbusters but is patchy and falls short. Although there is good repartee between the cast there is an uneasy mixture of gross humour and sci-fi. What should had been a clever action comedy aims for the low brow too often and the humour seems too lazy. Its also saddled with a lot of Costco product placement.